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Taylor Swift Songs Removed from White House, Trump Campaign Posts

Taylor Swift. (Reuters file)
Taylor Swift. (Reuters file)
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Taylor Swift Songs Removed from White House, Trump Campaign Posts

Taylor Swift. (Reuters file)
Taylor Swift. (Reuters file)

Some Taylor Swift songs have been removed from social media videos posted by President Donald Trump’s campaign and the White House, which has used two of the American superstar's songs over the past week.

The White House and a representative for Swift did not immediately respond to requests for ‌comment, according to Reuters.

Swift has not spoken recently about Trump, although she endorsed his Democratic rival, then-Vice President Kamala Harris, in 2024. During the 2020 campaign, Swift posted on social media that Trump was “WELL AWARE we do not want him as our president.”

Trump has repeatedly criticized Swift. After she endorsed Harris, the Republican said on social media, “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” Last year he wrote: “Has anyone noticed that, since I said 'I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT,' she’s no longer ‘HOT?’”

Dozens of ⁠artists, including Sabrina Carpenter and Ariana Grande have called on the Trump administration not to use their songs.

The Trump campaign used two Swift songs over the last week on its TikTok page. One, playing on her lyrics, featured the caption: “Red (Donald Trump's Version). Red (Taylor Swift Wrote A Whole Album About Republicans). Donald Trump. Everything Has Changed (At Our Southern Border). Donald Trump. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (The Biden Harris Administration). Donald Trump. The Last Time (An Autopen Runs The Country).” It referenced famous songs by the pop star.

In June, Trump's campaign posted a video on the short-video platform with Swift's new “Toy Story 5” song “I Knew It, I Knew You.”

In April, the White House shared a video showing the crew of Artemis II meeting with Trump at the White House the day ⁠before. The video used Swift's “High Infidelity” and lyrics from the song: “Do you really want to know where I was April 29th?”

The White House shared another TikTok video in November featuring “The Fate of Ophelia” from Swift's “The Life of a Showgirl” album, which had been released ⁠the month before. That video featured images of the US flag, monuments and various photos of Trump, including his 2023 arrest mugshot

That post garnered widespread social media reaction and led to a White House spokesperson telling multiple news outlets the video ⁠was created because the Trump administration knew news outlets “would breathlessly amplify them.”

The communications team for Trump, who is prolific on social media, has posted an array of hit songs with images including Trump's immigration crackdown, US military operations against Iran and the arrest of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

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Film ‘One in a Million’ Follows Young Syrian Refugee’s Journey Over 10 Years

(L-R) Israa, Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes attend the "One In A Million" Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at the Yarrow Theater in Park City, Utah, US, Jan. 23, 2026. (AFP)
(L-R) Israa, Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes attend the "One In A Million" Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at the Yarrow Theater in Park City, Utah, US, Jan. 23, 2026. (AFP)
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Film ‘One in a Million’ Follows Young Syrian Refugee’s Journey Over 10 Years

(L-R) Israa, Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes attend the "One In A Million" Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at the Yarrow Theater in Park City, Utah, US, Jan. 23, 2026. (AFP)
(L-R) Israa, Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes attend the "One In A Million" Premiere during the 2026 Sundance Film Festival at the Yarrow Theater in Park City, Utah, US, Jan. 23, 2026. (AFP)

Israa was 11 years ‌old and selling cigarettes with her father on a street corner in Türkiye when filmmakers Jack MacInnes and Itab Azzam met the Syrian refugee in 2015.

They were charmed by the bubbly young girl and wanted to tell her story as her family, who had fled war-ravaged Aleppo, journeyed across eight countries to settle in Germany.

"We were with them the whole time ... we slept with them ... in the street, in the rain. We were, like, in freezing conditions in Serbia and Croatia ... And ‌by the time ‌we arrived in Germany, it was like ‌we ⁠became like a ⁠family and we really bonded," Azzam told Reuters.

That was when the idea came about for "One in a Million," the couple's documentary filmed over 10 years following Israa to adulthood.

The intimate coming-of-age story shows Israa and her family crossing borders and adapting in Germany, where new-found freedoms jar with old traditions.

Viewers follow Israa ⁠into adolescence, marriage and motherhood as she seeks ‌to find herself amid fracturing ‌shifts at home. A married Israa eventually returns to visit Syria with her ‌husband after the 2024 overthrow of Bashar al-Assad.

“Migration ...(has) become ‌such a sort of political football that has so much to do with the way we feel about each other and the way we feel about our own country and has so little ‌to do with what it's actually like to be a refugee," MacInnes said.

"And what we ⁠hope is ⁠that you can watch this film and walk for an hour and a half in a refugee's shoes and understand the complexity of it."

"One in a Million", which opens in UK cinemas on Friday, premiered at January's Sundance Film Festival where it won the Audience Award.

“We... brought Israa out as a surprise, and the place just went wild," MacInnes said.

"It was so emotional for us to see this girl... who we'd met 11 years previously ... selling cigarettes on a street corner, being beaten up by police, no one gave a damn about her. And ... suddenly here she is getting her moment."

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Dolly Parton’s Manager Drops Lawsuit Against Nephew

Dolly Parton. (Getty Images)
Dolly Parton. (Getty Images)
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Dolly Parton’s Manager Drops Lawsuit Against Nephew

Dolly Parton. (Getty Images)
Dolly Parton. (Getty Images)

The manager of US country music legend Dolly Parton dropped a civil lawsuit against the singer's nephew on Thursday, US media reported, after a row enveloped the late musician's estate.

The lawsuit filed in September by Parton's longtime manager Danny Nozell accused her nephew, Bryan Seaver, of attempting to extort money from the estate, which includes an amusement park, a hotel and a soon-to-be-opened museum.

Seaver, who broke the news of the singer's death at age 80 in an emotional video in August, had provided security for Parton for years but was abruptly fired, according to TMZ.

Court filings alleged that Seaver sent threats including a text message warning he would become "the hand of retribution for my entire family," The New York Times reported.

A judge had issued a temporary restraining order against Seaver as part of the proceedings, which were voluntarily dismissed Thursday in a Nashville court, multiple US media said.

Parton rose from grinding poverty to become a rhinestone-studded legend with hits like "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You."

She also starred in multiple films and donated millions of dollars to charities as she built a vast business empire that includes her popular Dollywood theme park in Tennessee, cosmetics, pet apparel, baking mixes and even a truck stop.

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South Korean TV Drama Industry Seeks $746 Million in Support as Output Declines

Shin Mina as Empress Navier in Disney+/Hulu's new K-drama “The Remarried Empress”. (Disney+/Hulu)
Shin Mina as Empress Navier in Disney+/Hulu's new K-drama “The Remarried Empress”. (Disney+/Hulu)
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South Korean TV Drama Industry Seeks $746 Million in Support as Output Declines

Shin Mina as Empress Navier in Disney+/Hulu's new K-drama “The Remarried Empress”. (Disney+/Hulu)
Shin Mina as Empress Navier in Disney+/Hulu's new K-drama “The Remarried Empress”. (Disney+/Hulu)

Twelve South Korean industry groups warned on Wednesday that the country's television drama production base was at risk and called on the government to set up a 1 trillion won ($746 million) investment fund to support production of Korean dramas, known as K-dramas.

K-dramas have been hugely popular globally, ‌but the number produced ‌has fallen from 141 titles in 2022 ‌to ⁠about 115 in 2025, ⁠according to research by Korea IR Service.

Three domestic broadcast networks cut drama output from 91 titles in 2012 to 32 in 2023, and some channels have stopped airing weekday dramas altogether, the groups said.

Such an environment makes it difficult for "a new writer's second work, a supporting actor's first lead role and an assistant ⁠crew member's directing debut", said Song Byeong-joon, chairman ‌of the Korea Drama Production Association.

The ‌groups, which represent industry workers including TV drama producers, directors, writers, ‌actors, cinematographers and crew, attributed the decline in long-form drama production to ‌rising production costs, which they linked to competition with global streaming platforms such as Netflix, and broadcasters' reduced capacity to invest.

They also cited competition from short-form content and AI for audiences and production.

Pay for top-billed ‌stars was the main driver of production costs, Korea IR Service said in a 2025 report, ⁠with pay ⁠climbing as streaming services competed for audience-drawing talent.

Kim Yong-hee, a professor of business administration at Sun Moon University, said the difficulties the groups cited largely reflected the decline of terrestrial broadcasting rather than the sector as a whole.

Official data showed employment across the content industry edged up to 693,090 in 2025 from 688,122 a year earlier, according to the Korea Creative Content Agency.

Broadcasting employment, however, fell 2.3% in 2024, according to a government survey.

A Netflix Korea spokesperson was reached but did not have an immediate comment.

Netflix launched in South Korea in 2016 and in 2023 pledged to invest $2.5 billion in the market over four years.